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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Chad to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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